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<h1>About adding a Search tab to the Navigation pane
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<p>A compiled help file can include a <b>Search</b> tab that allows a user to search through every word in a help file to find a match. For example, if a user does a full-text search on the word "index," every topic that contains the word "index" will be listed. 
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<p>Depending on how complex your help system is, the <b>Search</b> tab can contain either <a href="fts.htm">basic</a> or <a href="ftsa.htm">advanced full-text search</a> functionality. Advanced full-text search allows a user to search using boolean, wildcard, and nested expressions.
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	<li>To see an example of Advanced full-text search, click the <b>Search</b> tab in this help file. To see an example of a basic search, click the <b>Search</b> tab in the <a href="viewer.htm">HTML Help Viewer topics</a> Help file.
	<li>You can decrease the time it takes for a full-text search by including a <a href="stop.htm">full-text search stop word list</a> in your help project.
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